Qais Ahmad (born August 15, 2000) is an Afghan cricketer. In September 2019 he made his test game debut for the Afghan cricket team.

Domestic career

Qais Ahmad made his senior cricket debut for the Kabul Eagles in the 2017 Shpageeza Cricket League in September 2017, before making his top cricket debut for Speen Ghar in the Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-Day Tournament 2018 in March of the following year gave . He took ten wickets in the game and was named player of the game, [4] and became the leading wicket taker for the Speen Ghar region during the tournament with 41 layoffs in eight games. His List A debut followed in July 2018 for the Speen Ghar region at the 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament.

T20 franchise career

Prior to the 2018 Caribbean Premier League, where he played for St. Lucia Stars, Qais was named as one of five players to appear in the tournament. In September 2018, he was named to the Balkh Legends squad for the first edition of the Afghanistan Premier League tournament.

In the final of the tournament, he took a five-wicket haul and was named player of the game, with Balkh winning the title. He was also the leading wicket taker for the team in the tournament, with 15 layoffs in nine games.

International career

In December 2017 he was appointed to the Afghan squad for the 2018 U19 World Cricket Championship and was the team's leading wicket taker in the tournament with 14 wickets. After Afghanistan's play in the tournament, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named Ahmad the rising star of the squad.

In December 2018 he was appointed to the Afghan U23 team for the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2018 before he was appointed to the test squad for the one-off game against Bangladesh. He made his test debut in the game in September 2019. In February 2020, Qais was named to Afghanistan's squad by Twenty20 International (T20I) for their streak against Ireland. He made his T20I debut during the series and played in the final on March 10, 2020. In July 2021, he was named as one of four reserve players in Afghanistan's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Pakistan.

In September 2021, he was appointed to the Afghan squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.